EMACOM and EllaLink Sign an Agreement to Connect Madeira to Mainland Portugal With a Dedicated Fibre Pair on the EllaLink Submarine Cable System

Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) -

EMACOM and EllaLink are pleased to announce the signature of a
contract committing to connect the islands of Madeira with a
dedicated fibre pair on the EllaLink Submarine cable system.

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Directly linking Data Centres in Madrid, Lisbon and Fortaleza, and
with direct access to system aggregation points such as São Paulo and
Marseille the EllaLink system will provide an unrivalled platform for
high-capacity services between Europe and South America, as well as
to the archipelago of Madeira along the route. The system, which will
be ready for service in 2020, will support the expanding need for
secure, low latency connectivity across a broad range of customers in
the major financial and population centres of Europe and South
America.

With this new connectivity to Funchal, the islands of Madeira will
enjoy the benefits of improved diversity and resilience within their
telecoms connectivity as well as access to telecoms capacity that
should satisfy the islands' needs for the next 25 years.

Rui Faria Rebelo, President of the board of EMM, says: "We welcome
this opportunity for additional fibre connectivity to our islands
and believe this new infrastructure will allow us to expand and
improve the business-friendly environment that Madeira offers."

Alfonso Gajate, Chairman and founder of EllaLink, stated, "We are
proud to partner with EMACOM as an EllaLink anchor customer in the
project. We believe that this new system will significantly
contribute to Madeira's social and economic development as well as
to growth in business, research, trade and investments in every
location along its route."

About EMACOM

The company EMACOM - Telecomunicações da Madeira, Unipessoal,
Lda., Incorporated in August 1998, is wholly owned by the Empresa de
Electricidade da Madeira, SA.

EMACOM's main objective is to provide fiber optic services as a
neutral operator in the Autonomous Region of Madeira - Portugal, and
to promote with international connectivity, the development of IT
business opportunities in this region.

http://www.eem.pt

About EllaLink

EllaLink is a new submarine cable connecting Brazil and Europe and
it will link the major hubs of Sao Paulo and Fortaleza with Lisbon
and Madrid. The system is being built by Alcatel Submarine Networks
and will be one of the new generation coherent submarine cables,
offering 72 terabits of capacity over 4 fibre pairs. EllaLink has
secured the landing sites in Santos (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil) and
Sines (Portugal), and is scheduled to be ready for service in 2020.

http://www.eulalink.com/

Contact: [e-mail], [phone]

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